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Houghton Mifflin Social Studies/Chapter 13, Lesson 1 The Past Shapes the Future (pp. 292-295)

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders reflect upon the events of the past in order to make cognitive connections to present or future history. Students use Blooms Taxonomy to attain higher levels of thinking.
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Introducing Tolkien and His Words

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students identify and describe the types of narratives that made Tolkien the writer he was. In groups, they examine different myths and folktale motifs. They discuss what Tolkien meant by "faerie" and "eucatastrophe." As a class, they...
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One Ring to Rule Them All

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students continue to read Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. In groups, they analyze the different metaphysical aspects of the ring and discuss the characters use of power in the story. As a class, they examine Frodo's reasoning for wanting...
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Exploring Functions with CAS

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Your mathematicians will examine several conjectures regarding even and odd functions and investigate a formal proof of the conjectures using CAS. 
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Let's Play Some Ball!

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Pupils review horizontal and vertical shifts of a parabola and how they effect a specific quadratic formula. They play a basketball review game in which they try to find the right quadratic equation for a given problem in order to earn...
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Steady-State Circuit Analysis & Filter Design

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Scholars identify how the TI-89 implements phasors to perform sinusoidal steady-state analysis. The focus is on how to enter and display complex numbers. They also show how a typical steady-state application how to use the Numeric Solver...
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Good Health Habits

For Teachers K
Students examine how they have changed. In this health lesson, students use pictures of themselves from babyhood to present to show how they have changed and the teacher relates the importance of healthy habits in growing.
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Energy Detectives

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore where energy comes from and identify the different kinds of energy.  In this energy lesson students search their classroom for energy connections and record the way that they use energy. 
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Piggin' out with Money

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders manage money. In this money math lesson, 3rd graders read Pigs Will be Pigs. Students then use manipulatives to practice adding monetary amounts and making change. Students also practice working with money on selected...
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Signs Signs - Everywhere Signs

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine advertising techniques. In this media literacy lesson, students collaborate to create PowerPoint presentations that feature multimedia formats to share advertising that is present in their community.
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My Family & Me

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students become aware of their family background to make a life plan for their future.  In this heritage lesson students complete activities on their family tree. 
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Aging & Body Changes

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars complete several activities that have to do with aging.  In this body changes lesson plan students take group averages, measure flexibility and see their changes over time.
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Math Lesson Plan: Handprint Counting by 5's

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
A handprint worksheet is provided to help youngsters practice skip counting by 5s. As a follow up, you could have little ones gather into groups to skip count their own fingers by fives.
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Reading-Context Clues Expert

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders understand what the definition is for context clues as the words, phrases, and sentences around the word one does not know. In this language arts lesson, 5th graders review the different kinds of context clues. Students...
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Analyzing Elements of a Memoir

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students analyze and identify elements of memoirs.  In this literature lesson students explore qualities to listen for while the teacher reads a memoir; they then break into groups and analyze a memoir independently.
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Language in Classroom Texts

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students research printed material found in a school setting, looking for examples of bias, gender equity or distortion, discrimination and stereotyping.Students work in pairs to develop suggestions for strategies to address bias they...
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Simple Harmonic Motion

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars solve problems involving graphs. In this calculus lesson, students relate harmonic motion to velocity. They discuss the derivative and the effect on the functions created.
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Transformations of a Quadratic Function

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students graph quadratic functions. In this algebra lesson, students perform transformation on the TI calculator as they create a visual. They identify the vertex and intercepts of the parabola.
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Trigonometric Transformations

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students perform transformation on trig functions. In this precalculus lesson, students relate the London Eye observation wheel to trig function. They use a TI navigator to visualise the parameter created by this view and relate it to...
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Measure of Spread

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify the standard deviation. In this statistics lesson, students find the mean distribution and calculate the percent of deviation from the mean. They observe this change on the Ti calculator.
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Percentiles

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students analyze the bell curve and make predictions. In this statistics lesson, students calculate the percentile to the left of the curve. They then are given the percentile and create the graph from the data.
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Making Change

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Young scholars make change from play money they use based on prices mentioned in a book they read. In this making change lesson plan, students use subtraction to find their change amount.
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Algebra—Quadratic Equations and Functions

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students use given information on wind speed with the quadratic formula to determine the pressure of the wind on a building. In this quadratic equations lesson, students compute the pressure of the wind from two data tables. They graph...
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Getting Started With Java-Background

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars study the history of computers including hardware and software, binary representation of data and examine the beginnings of programming languages. They investigate the development of software and the fundamentals of...